NHL’s “Golden Jet” Hall of Famer Bobby Hull has died. The NHL Alumni Association announced the 84-year-old’s death on Monday.
Hull was a legend in the National Hockey League. Many recognized him as one of the greatest players of all time.
Hull’s 23-year professional career included playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, the Harford Whalers and the World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets.
The NHL Alumni Association posted the following statement on Twitter:
“The NHL Alumni Association is deeply saddened to learn that Bobby Hull has passed away at the age of 84,” the association wrote on Twitter. “Bobby began his NHL career with the @NHLBlackhawksin 1957. He would go on to play 15 seasons with the team, one season with Winnipeg, and another with Hartford, amounting to 1,063 regular-season games.”
The alumni association’s tribute also noted Hull’s exceptional drive and skill:
“Hull was a driven player who always gave fans a memorable experience at every game and brought them to their feet.”
According to a report in the Daily Caller, Hull was a “three-time Art Ross Trophy winner and a two-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner.” Hull also won the Lester Patrick and Lady Byng Memorial Trophies and was named an NHL All-Star 10 times.
According to CTV News, Hull has “long been considered one of NHL’s top 100 players of all-time.”
In 1961, Hull helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup — he was inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame in 1983.
NBC Sports reported that Hull’s #9 jersey number was officially retired in late 1983, and a statue in his honor was established outside Chicago’s United Center in 2011.
NBC added that Hull played 15 seasons in Chicago. His stats are impressive: he “ranks first in goals (604), third in points (1,153), and fifth in assists (549).
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